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Ferdinand Marcos had been the authoritarian president of the Philippines since 1965, restricting freedoms and consolidating power. In 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos protested Marcos' claim of election victory against Corazon Aquino. Marcos was compelled to leave due to the People Power Revolution protests. The Revolution celebrated the sovereignty of the Filipino people and reminded governments that the people are in charge. It also showed the ability of citizens to enact change through engaged citizenry and fearless alliances against authoritarian rule.

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Ferdinand Marcos had been the authoritarian president of the Philippines since 1965, restricting freedoms and consolidating power. In 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos protested Marcos' claim of election victory against Corazon Aquino. Marcos was compelled to leave due to the People Power Revolution protests. The Revolution celebrated the sovereignty of the Filipino people and reminded governments that the people are in charge. It also showed the ability of citizens to enact change through engaged citizenry and fearless alliances against authoritarian rule.

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Everything seemed feasible for a brief moment.

Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos


protested President Ferdinand Marcos and his claim to have won re-election against Corazon
Aquino on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue from February 22 to 25, 1986. Marcos was soon
compelled to cede his position of authority and leave the Philippines. Many believed that after
the dictator was removed, the Philippines would implement measures to alleviate the social and
economic injustices that had gotten worse over the twenty years of Marcos administration.
Across the globe, anti-authoritarian activists have been taken aback and motivated by this People
Power Revolution. Since 1965, Ferdinand Marcos has served as the president of the Philippines.
He suspended and subsequently rewrote the Philippine constitution, restricted civil freedoms,
and consolidated authority in the executive branch and among his closest allies after imposing
martial law in 1972. Tens of thousands of Marcos' opponents were detained, and thousands more
were either killed, tortured, or vanished. The Philippines saw two decades of authoritarian
government as Marcos and his cronies amassed wealth by controlling the country's media and
business establishments and by embezzling money from loans from the US, the World Bank, and
the International Monetary Fund.
The People Power movement was already gaining momentum even before martial law
was imposed by Marcos. Devoted activists relentlessly fought to spread the word about the
Marcos family's ill-gotten wealth and breaches of human rights throughout the world. They
organized underground in the Philippines, in exile, and in the diaspora. Historians and
proponents of the People Power Revolution argue that in light of the nation's recent political
shifts and persistent socioeconomic issues, it is even more crucial to commemorate the People
Power Revolution of 1986 in order to preserve its spirit for present and future generations. The
current generation, who gained benefits from the Edsa Revolution despite never witnessing it, is
still debating competing historical narratives, demonizing particular historical figures, and
struggling to accept reality. I think we should celebrate the Edsa People Power Revolution for
three reasons: first, to preserve the essence of what it means to be a Filipino; second, to
commemorate the rise of the people's sovereign rights and the revolution itself; and third, to
serve as a reminder that, even in the face of adversity, we can always count on that feeling of
boundless possibility and hope.
The People Power Revolution is a celebration of the sovereignty rights of the Filipino
people, not of the overthrow of the Marcos family and the emergence of another equally self-
serving family. In that revolution, the people asserted their sovereignty once again and made the
government aware of who is in charge. The essence of People Power transcends the principal
figures responsible for this momentous historical occurrence. Every President, including
President Marcos today, is reminded annually of the Edsa People Power celebration that the
Filipino people are the true owners of the Philippines. We should never stop commemorating the
Edsa People Power Revolution because it shows that Filipinos are in charge and that we may
regain the sovereign power that God has given us in the event that our elected representatives
disappoint us. The People Power Movement teaches us many things. It is evident that fearless
alliances and coalitions might emerge to oppose authoritarian limitations on civic freedoms.
People Power has always been associated with the ability of the people to alter their course for
the better, not merely with a power struggle between two dynasties. We ought to learn about
engaged citizenry as a result of this. In addition, we have to consider how critical it is to figure
out how to create a new order and deal with the injustices and complaints that initially drew
support for such authoritarians. A pivotal period in Philippine history, the EDSA protests of 1986
were characterized by an unbounded sense of possibility and hope. It also serves as a lesson and
a warning for those who have democratic ambitions about the struggles that lie ahead.

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